Neil Tague in Cannes

A joint venture for modular housing with Urban Splash and a 70,000 sq ft speculative industrial project with Harlex are among the schemes close to becoming a reality in Wirral Waters, Peel Land & Property has announced.

Housebuilder Stewart Milne is due to start redeveloping the former British Insulated Callenders Cables site in Prescot in the coming months after winning planning consent for 68 homes from Knowsley Council.

Work is expected to start on site this year on a long-planned £20m Maritime Knowledge Hub, as architects vye to design the project which has been given a 2020 opening date by the partners behind the scheme.

The Northern Powerhouse Partnership has called on Government to deliver Northern Powerhouse Rail by 2032/33, providing high-speed links between regional cities at the same time as HS2 reaches the north.

Charlie Schouten

Muse has been chosen as Wirral Council’s joint venture partner ahead of a rival bid team of Scarborough Group and BCEGI, to bring forward its £1bn waterfront regeneration plan, which is to include offices, a new cinema, 262 homes, industrial space, and leisure.